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flan⋅nel

  [flan-l] noun, verb, -neled, -nel⋅ing or (especially British), -nelled, -nel⋅ling.
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–noun
1. a soft, slightly napped fabric of wool or wool and another fiber, used for trousers, jackets, shirts, etc.
2. a soft, warm, light fabric of cotton or cotton and another fiber, thickly napped on one side and used for sleepwear, undergarments, sheets, etc.
3. flannels,
a. an outer garment, esp. trousers, made of flannel.
b. woolen undergarments.
4. British.
a. a washcloth.
b. Informal. nonsense; humbug; empty talk.
c. Informal. flattery; insincere or overdone praise.
–verb (used with object)
5. to cover or clothe with flannel.
6. to rub with flannel.
Origin:
1300–50; ME flaunneol, perh. dissimilated var. of flanyn sackcloth < Welsh; cf. Welsh gwlanen woolen article, equiv. to gwlân wool (akin to L lāna) + -en suffix denoting a single item (as a piece of a mass noun or sing. of a collective pl.)
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Word Origin & History

flannel 
1503, from Welsh gwlanen "woolen cloth," from gwlan "wool." Not a universally accepted etymology; some suggest an Anglo-Fr. dim. of O.Fr. flaine "a kind of coarse wool."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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